POLICE BRIEFS: Father-son argument ends with punch

By Mercury Staff

Sunday, April 7, 2013

NORTH COVENTRY — A father-son argument became violent Sunday.

A 16-year-old boy allegedly got into an argument with his father on the 1300 block of Temple Road around 5:15 p.m. The boy eventually punched his father in the head and struck him in the back with a lacrosse stick, North Coventry Police said.

The boy was taken into custody by police for assault before he was released to his mother.

A referral was filed against him for simple assault and harassment.

TRAPPE — The state police from Skippack are investigating incident of criminal mischief that took place overnight between Friday and Saturday.

Among the things being investigated, according to police, are the theft of a GPS and destruction of a pair of sunglasses after several vehicles were broken into, all along Meadowview Drive in Trappe.

Red paint was smeared on the windshield of one vehicle while rocks were put into the gas tank of another.

Another victim had lawn ornament lights pulled up, broken, and “placed in a box in the neighbor’s vehicle where the GPS was stolen from.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the state police at Skippack at 610-410-3835 referencing incident number K03-1911282.

SCHWENKSVILLE — Sonmeone pretended to be the grandson of an elderly man and stole nearly $2,000 from him.

According to the state police in Skippack, a man had money wired to him from an 85-year-old man by pretending to be his grandson “in trouble and need(ing) money for court.”

$1,900 was reportedly sent to New York via MoneyGram.

“The victim sent the money without confirming that it really was his grandson,” police said.